LittleBigPlanet 2 Updates: Official Date and Retail Goodness!!!

While we’re entertaining the crowds at San Diego Comic Con this week with a peek at LBP2 and some free shirts. We have some great news…

Over at camp Media Molecule…LittleBigPlanet 2 has just passed “Alpha”! Yay! And while we still have a ton of work to do, we’re that much closer to release and we’re ready to announce some news you’ve all been waiting, so on behalf of our retail partners and our friends at Disney…here we go…

First things first…“When is LittleBigPlanet 2 coming out?” – You’ll be pleased to know we’re on schedule to have LBP2 out in stores on November 16th, just in time for the holidays. So whether you plan to be there on Day 1 or need to put it on your big holiday ‘wishlist’, rest assured, LBP2 will be here soon.

Next item on the list…”Will there be any pre-order items?” – We’re glad you asked! YES, we have several exciting pre-order offers through several retail partners. Each pre-order consists of 2 parts – a very special costume offer from our partners @ Disney / Pixar and Insomniac; and 4 new “Even More Animals” costumes. That’s 5-6 different LBP2 costumes just for pre-ordering LBP2. Here’s a sneak peek of a few pre-order programs coming
soon to our US retailers:

Amazon.com – If you’re a fan of the Ratchet & Clank franchise (who isn’t), you’ll love this. Pre-order at Amazon.com and get 6 Sackboy costumes including exclusive access to Ratchet & Clank costumes from the ever popular Ratchet & Clank franchise. In addition to the exclusive 2 costumes, you’ll get four new “Animals” costumes, for a total of 6 costumes.

BestBuy & BestBuy.com – All together now…”the claw!!!” We’ve partnered with Disney & Pixar to provide the exclusive “Aliens” costume for BestBuy pre-orderers. We can already imagine the number of uses you guys will use this costume combined with the new Sackbots feature. And be on the lookout for more characters thru an upcoming Toy Story 3 DLC in the near future. Plus the 4 costumes from “Even More Animals”

GameStop & GameStop.com – Are you as excited for the release of TRON: Legacy as we are? If so, head on over to GameStop and pre-order to get the exclusive *Clu* Sackboy costume from Tron: Legacy. Be the first to have this costume and hold tight for more TRON: Legacy costumes later this year. And again, you also get the 4 different “Even More Animals” costumes.

AND MORE TO COME! – Stay tuned as we announce more pre-order programs like this special DLC package including one of our favorite Muppets – GONZO! There’s no doubt you’ll have fun exploring the many areas in LBP2, with bent nose and all. And keep an eye out for more Muppets costumes shortly after launch via the PlayStation Store.

What else…”PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE tell me you guys are offering a Collectors Edition” – OK, OK, good news is YES, we’re offering a Collector’s Edition of LittleBigPlanet 2 in the US, bad news is it’ll be a limited run, so you better pre-order soon to ensure you get one. The LittleBigPlanet 2 Collectors Edition, will also be available on November 16 at select retailers at $79.99, and in limited quantity. Here’s what you can expect from the LittleBigPlanet 2 Collectors Edition:

A copy of LittleBigPlanet 2 – duh.

Your own little “Sackboy” – 7” of plushie-goodness for you to accompany you on your journey thru LBP2.

Exclusive LBP2 “game ends” – keep your PS3 games in a tidy, organized and ‘Sack-ured” within these unique bookends

Wow great collector’s edition. This is the first time ive ever seen a collector’s edition have contain enough to make it worth it for me to shell out some extra bucks. WHoever you hired to put it together did a fantastic job and maybe you should get them on organizing collector’s editions for other games cause some of them suck.

I especially like the sackboy plushie and the “game ends” but all the extra costumes are awesome as well. I shall go out and preorder today!

I plan on making a nice altar looking setup with the game ends, sackboy and other cool playstation stuff Ive collected over the years above my fireplace. Cheers!

OMG!!!!! I am reserving the collectors edition!!! I need a new plush SackBoy to add to my collection!! Now, about that backpack…..LOL
Seriously this is the BEST news I have heard in a while! Thanks for taking time out from Comic Con to respond, Mark!!

Just wait until Amazon.ca start soliciting the Collector’s Edition. Don’t jump the gun on pre-ordering what you see now. The Collector’s Edition sums up with everything you get from Amazon.com, BestBuy.com and Gamestop.com regular edition pre-order and you get more too! So wait and have patience my grasshopper..LOL.. ~__^

will the pre-order costumes be released in the psn store like the nariko and kratos pre-orders, because I really want the jak and daxter costumes but I don’t want to spend 20 extra dollars for the collectors edition

I have a US-addressed PSN account on my PS3, which logs into the US version of Home and stuff, so I guess I’m on their servers. Does this mean DLC codes from the US CE will work on that account? :O
OH GOD, PLEASE SAY IT DOES. Otherwise just release that godly offering to us European mortals. That’s good too.
*sob*

I just pre-ordered the LBP2 CE from Amazon. It would be nice to have a few more simple levels for my kids. I’ve been making levels for them, but it takes time to design something for them. But we both enjoy it.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Im definitely getting this day 1!!!!! That collectors edition looks so awesome, I was torn between where to pre-order, but then I saw the the collectors edition had them all, now I know im definitely getting the collectors edition! I love all the content in the CE, the plushie of sackboy is great, im gonna love having that around, I always wanted one. The bookends look sweet and its an all around awesome package, I was not expecting a CE for lbp2, but now that its been announced, you guys have my money!